Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Williams

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided July 27, 2007No. 03-07-00018-CRPublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.

Billy George Williams seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying relief on a writ of habeas corpus. We conclude that the district court was not authorized to consider the merits of Williams’s writ application, and we will dismiss the appeal.

It is helpful to briefly review the procedural history of this cause. On June 26, 1998, Williams pleaded guilty to felony failure to appear. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 38.10 (West 2003). The district court adjudged him guilty and, pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, assessed a five-year prison sentence to begin when…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte HargettCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  2. Ex Parte RenierCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Ex Parte Gonzales, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2000
  4. Rodriguez v. Court of Appeals, Eighth Supreme Judicial DistrictCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  5. Maye v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1998

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Anthony Whitney Norman v. Deanna Williamson, Clerk of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, in Her Official Capacity as Clerk of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and in Her Individual Capacity And Chief Justice Sharon Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2021
  2. Danielle Flores v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2015
  3. Ex Parte Alberto Garcia, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2014
  4. Ex Parte Andre Jackson-El v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2024
  5. Ex Parte Earnest Lee Glover, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2021

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